Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Going to the RWA Conference?

Thought I'd show you the jazzy purple-and-gold ballpoint pens I've had made up to take to the Romance Writers of America conference that will be held in Reno at the end of this month. Since I don't have a book to promote this summer (my second romance novel won't be out until March) I'm going to talk up this blog and hand out pens to everyone I meet in Reno.

The annual RWA conference averages over 2,000 attendees, and it can be a little difficult for friends to find each other in the crowd. But if you see this white tote bag, you'll have found me. Please say hi. I'll reward you with a pretty purple pen and maybe even a hug and some chocolate.

I'll be hammering out my schedule in the next few days, so if you're going to Reno and would like to get together for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or coffee, give me a shout and maybe we can put something together:

mail(at)brendacoulter.com

At this point I'm thinking about taking my computer and live-blogging the conference. But I'm not sure how many of you are either RWA members who won't be going or Interested Others who are curious about what goes on at writers' conferences. I'd appreciate some feedback on that so I can decide whether to lug this seven-pound laptop computer with me. Would you like to read about what I'm doing at the conference, or should I just take a five-day vacation from this blog?

11 comments:

I would definitely be curious to hear about what goes on at an RWA conference. I am thinking about joining myself, so it would be nice to get the inside scoop. Sort of like Jann Carl on ET reporting from the Oscars! :-)

Thanks for commenting, everyone. I guess I'll go ahead and take my computer to Reno....

Anyone who isn't going to the RWA conference but who would like a snazzy purple pen can e-mail me and give me a U.S. mailing address. (I apologize to those of you who live outside the U.S., but I'm just not able to make lots of extra trips to the post office and fill out foreign-mail forms right now. Hope you understand.)

By the way, I won't keep your addresses. I'll scribble 'em on envelopes and then delete your e-mails.